- A Nature Medicine paper was shared reporting the first partial recovery of visual function in a blind patient after optogenetic therapy (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01351-4), marking a milestone in clinical optogenetics.  
- Discussion centered on the Libera/Freenode IRC bridge bot ^ditto, including troubleshooting why messages were not visible to unregistered users and clarifying that the bridge is indeed bidirectional.  
- A participant requested private contact with anyone possessing “Transuniversal Transportation equipment,” prompting a tongue-in-cheek reply linking to the fictional “Timer” device from the TV show Sliders (https://sliders.fandom.com/wiki/Timer).  
- The channel experienced repeated connection instability, with the user ghosthell cycling on and off the network multiple times, illustrating the technical fragility of real-time transhumanist collaboration spaces.